In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Altofts like this:
ALTOFTS, a township in Normanton parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the North Midland railway, at its transit over the Calder river and the Aire and Calder canal about a mile from Normanton station, 3½ miles NE of Wakefield. It has a post office under Normanton. Acres, 1,761. Pop., 1,210. Houses, 224.
Altofts through time
Altofts is now part of Wakefield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wakefield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Altofts itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Altofts, in Wakefield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/858
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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